From How to Grow Beyond $10M: The one thing we will do better than any other company in the world is _____________. You’ve seen this before, yes? Jim Collins hedgehog concept, etc. And yet, do you do it? If I…

When Celeste and I married, we both changed our name to Sarvata, which means wholeness or integrity. It means that around us, you get to be exactly who you are. Put another way, by Dave Rendall, author of the Freak…

The best, most inspiring businesses are about something more. And it comes through when they tell there stories. Check out this beautifully-done video from The Little Potato Company to see what I mean.

When you try to be good at everything while your competitors are trying to do the same, you’re doing the opposite of differentiating. You’ll basically converge on 3 for every attribute that customers could care about. Look at how Southwest…

Did you see that Facebook has a new BHAG this week? Zuckerburg calls it their ten-year roadmap. Give everyone the power to share anything with anyone. Inspiring? You bet! That’s one of the hallmarks of a great company, an…

How do you make a difference in the world? The Purpose Drives Impact Framework is one way to think about the question, and to organize your own work. For an overview, see Purpose Drives Impact. See also: See Purpose Drive People, Purpose…

Happy New Year, Are you ready for 2014? Do you have an annual strategic plan that provides an inspiring context for this year? For the next four weeks I’ll be sending messages about aspects of annual planning to consider as…